So, what should I get? I have a computer that can run the vast majority of games released today (at last!), and I don't really have any commercial game released after 2001. Any suggestions are welcome. I won't specify any genre, I am openminded today

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Gandalv the Gray, recieving bans for Christmas since December 2001

[This message has been edited by Gandalv the Gray (edited December 30, 2003).]

Knights of the Old Republic.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

I have the same dilema, Ive already got Call of Duty, KotOR and Tron 2.0 (Plus a plethora of other games) and I cant decide what to get. I cant decide between Deus Ex 2, Halo, or XIII

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Happy "Diseased" dud: You said I'd be like this guy. Boycotting everything..
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[This message has been edited by fishstickz (edited December 30, 2003).]

Jedi Academy.

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Map-Review | Digital Core | The Matrix: Unplugged

Farewell, MaDaVentor. In our hearts, you'll always live on.

Max Payne 2
Return of the King (If you don't have a console)
LIEK OMGz JEDI KNIGHT!
I dunno..go to EB and pick out a random game
Dark Age of Camelot: Gold Edition
Trials of Atlantis (For DaoC)
w00!.

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Et E'llo Endorenna ut / Sinome maruvan ar Hildinyar tenn' / Ambar-metta!
(This IS[/b] SAJN_Master)

JA man. And if you dont have it (i dont know why you wouldnt) than go buy JK on the lucasarts website with the extra ten denari.

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Here Ociffer, hold my beer while i look for my license.
*Remnant Temple beta taking a bit longer than planned but ill get it done*
Light And Darkness

Call of Duty

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"The Oracle told me I would die with my boots on. I've worn tennis shoes ever since." - Axis

hit the pawn shops, get several games for cheap

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" You killed me. That wasn't very nice."
Noble Gases

Or hit the porn shops and get several magazines for cheap.

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Yeah, but you know what? This one, this one right here, this was my dream, my wish, and it didn't come true. So I'm takin' it back. I'm takin' 'em all back.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Call of Duty should definitely be at the top of your priority list!

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

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BV's rendition of Titanic: Let's have sex. I won't let go. I don't need this stone.
The End.
~ Wolfy

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MadQuack on Military school: Pro's: I get to shoot a gun. Con's: Everything else.
"I'm going to beat you until the laws of physics are violated!!" ! Maeve's Warcry

RIP -MaDaVentor-. You will be missed.

Maybe second...Games like JA or CoD can be very fun, but they're nothing really special, especially JA. KotOR is truely one of the best games ever, it's a lot more timeless and memorable than anything else in years.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

Halo, if your computer is fast, that silly game needs so much to run it

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---Thomas jefferson, Declaration of Independance.

Dudes, the dollar sign goes BEFORE the number.

You will be enterained for HOURS!

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<scribbly handwriting barely resembling name>

I've spent 60 hours on it so far, and I'm still not done. And that's only one of the play possibilities. Three character classes, three Jedi classes, light and dark sides, 18 potential combinations. And then there's playing as a blaster wielding Jedi instead of using lightsabers, so there's a good 36 right there. Oh, and let's not forget playing it with your Force alignment as neutral, that's another 2...

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

I haven't played KotOR yet, but who are you to tell me what's memorable and what's not? Dark Forces, while nothing special, remains one of the most, if not the most memorable game I have ever played. Call of Duty has been one of the only FPS games in history able to achieve some permanent space in my long-term memory.

I mean, come on.. the first Russian mission was just amazing. It is probably my most memorable moment in FPS history. Everything was so.. real.. immense.. I was about to $h!7 my pants, and the scripted scenes were just out of this world. I'm not dissing on KotOR, but really, I don't think you're giving CoD enough credit.

[EDIT: I had a "In my opinion," clause before a fact. ]

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

[This message has been edited by Freelancer (edited December 30, 2003).]

It's just my opinion. I can pull the same thing you did. Who are you to tell me I'm not giving it enough credit?

Call of Duty is very awesome, and certantly memorable, but it doesn't have anything like a good plot, character development, anything like that. It's just an immersive war game. It's like watching a really good action movie, you don't get deep into it, all the fun is on the surface.

You haven't even played KotOR, and already you're pushing one of those, "There's no way anything could beat CoD!" attitudes, which really seems pretty stupid to me. Aside from the immersive environments, incredible voice acting and cast of characters and amazing gameplay, KotOR's greatest element is that it's managed to do what no other Star Wars game has ever done: Have a real, truely good, not just "good" or "acceptable" or "cool" plot, something actually amazing that leaves your jaw on the floor for a long time.

Edit: And besides, Call of Duty has little replay value. Yes, it has multiplayer, but KotOR has dozens and dozens of character combinations, with at least three or four being different enough to make you want to play the game again.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

[This message has been edited by Emon (edited December 31, 2003).]

But heres the thing, once you play KotOR twice (once light, once dark) the game becomes stale. I hate playing the same story over and over and over again.. I would definately say CoD has more replay value than KotOR

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Happy "Diseased" dud: You said I'd be like this guy. Boycotting everything..
Happy "Diseased" dud: ted kazcnisky. That's who it was.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wait, That's the unibomer.
Happy "Diseased" dud: Wrong guy.

And CoD isn't the same thing over and over?

There's more than just light and dark, there are a bunch of different ways you can play it to alter the combat and gameplay dramatically.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

CoD needs a plot? It's based on history..

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Have a good one,
Freelancer

Uh, of course. But just because something doesn't need a plot, doesn't make it better than something that has a really good one.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

Morrowind was also supposed to be like "wow", endless ways of playing it; but it quickly became boring regardless of the many combinations of gameplay

Freelancer (the game) was also quickly boring despite the openness of gameplay

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Of war, we don't speak anymore

[This message has been edited by Molgrew (edited December 31, 2003).]

Hehe

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

I've played all 3, if you haven't played Halo, I'd suggest Deus Ex 2. XIII is fun, but not great. Halo, from what I hear, isn't as good on PC as it was on X-box. I've played Deus Ex 2 on X-box and I must say, it's awesome. Very engaging, very entertaining, but it requires lots of your attention to enjoy it, IE not a mindless FPS.

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I'm going to go out and do stuff, like besides work. Call up ben, hang out. Maybe see the last samurai, go skydiving, whatever.
Get back into the gym...
I want to do stuff that prevents me from playin video games so I can only play them a few hours a day, basically.
(Formally Veger, who died when he lost his e-mail adress, and his password. Veeger still looks for his old pass...)

Games I need to get:
CoD ($40 at best buy) and JA

I just got KotOR for $40 at best buy as well.

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^^
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you need gta:vice city

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my password is ******

I don't think Deus Ex: Invisible War is worth the full price. Maybe wait for the bargain bin. They really botched it up compared to the first game.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

Okay, most of this is on speculation, reviews, and observation.

Call of Duty: Hailed as the best FPS of our time, that is until Doom 3 and Half-Life 2 come out, it's probably gonna be frellin awesome. Haven't played it personally though. However, I do know that it doesn't matter about plot, it matters about what game you'll play the most--most bang for your buck, no? That seems to be what the man's after, but I could be wrong.

KotOR: I hear it's awesome, but it all depends on what you want. If you want a very NON-linear RPG with different modes, and availability of replay value a few times through at about 40-100 hours a pop, then this is your game. Not to mention it's the most beautiful RPG of our time, etc etc.

Halo: Definitely not as impressive on PC as it was on X-Box, but still pretty nice. If you liked the X-Box version, I'd say stick with it, but if you haven't played either, try the PC version. It's not really all that demanding on your computer, at least not as demanding as people say it is. It's of course got a nice story, and very nice replay value.

Those are three of the biggest games out there pretty much...go happy.

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If you like charging out from behind a broken brick wall, without a weapon to defend yourself, into a hail of oncoming enemy bullets (from an army of oppressors that have killed thousands of your countrymen) while mortars land around you, sand flies up from near misses, your brothers die around you, airplanes fly past, your commanders kill those who run in fear from an enemy they are not trained or equipped to fight, as music swells in the background and your heart leaps in your chest....

GET COD. It's great

and grammar can go to hell.

Call of Duty is an amazing game, I loved every minute of it (and am still loving it)...

The soviet campaign just fills you with awe... when you retake red square, you dash out across the plaza and everyone on your team is screaming and the man carrying the soviet flag gets cut down in his path... the odds against you are terrible and you can truly feel the urgency of battle... immersion is what I love in games and it is handled quite deftly in CoD. in JA, you can sit back and ponder the game, think about it, look around and remain detached from the environment. In Call of Duty, you cannot escape the sounds of your friends dying, bullets slamming into whatever meager piece of cover you can find, mortars landing on waht you thought was a safe zone, enemy planes strafing helpless columns of troops....

THAT'S ONLY the soviet campaign...

The American campaign is much more.. down to earth. less awe inspiring, more gritty, I'd say. It's a lot of shooting through buildings, clearing out enemy positions, leading your squad at night through a blazing firefight to take out a certain target or two.

The British campaign is a lot of sneaking, hiding, running, and gaining key objectives with little or no support. It's all great... mmmmm I haven't even started playing MultiPlayer yet.


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saberopus
oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum

Call of Duty, best FPS so far? Haha, no way. Not at all. Best World War II game? Definitely. But it's a far cry from the best FPS.

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Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.

I agree. However it is very cinematic and enjoyable.

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saberopus
oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum

depends if by 'our time' you mean 'this year'

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saberopus
oh yeh wlel i jsut gots finesht wiht my morrwoind mod for teh JO An it takes up teh 900 gigabiets of spaec but i wlil not sowh yuo gyz teh scrnshoots becasue we dunat kare wut u gyz tihnk ne1 no wear i kan get ti hostad 4 dounlowd!!!!11!111 --Checksum

Emon's right. CoD isn't the best FPS of our time, mostly because there isn't one. Reason: that would be an opinion..

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Have a good one,
Freelancer